And I am thoroughly pleased with the finale. No fan of any other show can ever come near to the pride I think all of us Avatar fans feel. :]

So...I'm not sure if the finality of the show hasn't hit me yet, or maybe this is really how I feel, but...I'm not as depressed as I thought I would be. Just relieved that a) none of the characters died and b) happy that the finale turned out the way it turned out.

I mean, was that not just THE MOST FREAKING AMAZING THING TV HAS EVER AIRED?! It was EPIC. No, epic can't even grasp the scope of how earth-shattering that finale was. It was just...wow.

Okay, so to be honest...I don't know where to begin in this little rant of mine. Um...okay, so I guess I can start with how AWESOME of a job The Track Team did with the music on the show. Here's to hoping they can successfully release a soundtrack for Avatar that all of us can buy and enjoy. I mean, DID YOU HEAR THE MUSIC DURING THE AGNI KAI SCENE?! My heart was seriously racing. And then at the very end...did anyone catch the tune? It's a really cute medley sorta thing called "Nighttime Sky" that The Track Team has put in other episodes, liiike...at the end of the season 1 episode, Avatar Roku: Winter Solstice Part 2. It was also at the end of Return to Omashu from season 2. I just thought it was really cool how they brought it back for the end. ^^

As for the animation...do I really need to explain any of it? =P It pretty much speaks for itself. Everything was so pretty to look at, and so intense...a;kdfj;ahjhgas;dlj Oh, and they added a lot of computer generated stuff with the air ship scene. I thought that was really cool, 'cause everything was all 3-Dish and stuff. AND THE BENDING...best bending scenes everrr. 8D

And now, for the actualy story. WOW. Okay, I totally didn't see the whole 'taking-away-Ozai's-firebending' thing coming. Unpredictable, as usual. I mean, while I was watching it, I was like...okay, so mayyyybe that's a possbility. But a couple episodes back, that idea would've never occurred to me. But I liked it. A lot. Even if my brother was calling Aang "a pansy" for not being able to kill Ozai, I think it sticks true to Aang's character and leaves a good message that everyone should always keep with them: Violence is never the answer. Imagine what this world could be if everyone lived up to that message...

There were two scenes that had me EXTREMELY frightened. The first was the agni kai. Okay, WHAT THE HECK was Zuko thinking by tempting Azula to shoot lightning at him?! I mean, C'MON. "Hey Azula! What happened with your lightning? Afraid I'll redirect it?!" ....NO. Sorry Zuko, but you do NOT tempt a literally mentally unstable and psycopathic sibling to kill you. At first, I was like 'Okay, if he can redirect it, I guess he'll be fine." But then I see Azula aiming the lightning at Katara, and I'm like...=O So then by this point, everything is going in slow motion (both my heart AND what's on the TV screen), and then Zuko gets in the way and gets hit by the lightning, and I thought Zuko was gonna die, and..and..and...I was very scared. ;___; Luckily, Katara saves him, haha. After that, I was a little on edge because it seemed like they were maybe gonna kiss or something. But that scene didn't last very long and nothing happened, so I was like..."Well, Zutara's chances are looking pretty slim now." =P

So after that whole dramatic scene, they go into another dramatic scene. My heart by this point can't take much more. Seriously, my worst fear was that someone would die. And there were sooo many instances where someone COULD'VE died. That being said, when I heard that giant turtle lion say the word "SACRIFICE" to Aang, my poor heart just about died. And then, when those words were going through Aang's head during the light fest thing with Ozai, I was like, "NoooOOooOoOooooOO!!!" And then they turned all red and I thought it was gonna be like the Pokemon movie or something where Ash turned to stone, and I thought they were both gonna turn to stone or just disappear like hollows in Bleach or something. So yeah, I'm hyperventilating by this point, and then they turn BLUE. *lets out HUGE sigh of relief* Blue is a very good color when it comes to these sort of things. It's a much more cooler color, and since it was like...Aang's spirit blue sorta, I knew he was gonna be okay. And of course, he was. :]

The most tear-jerking scene? For me, it was Zuko and Iroh's reunion. Zuko started crying, and then Iroh started crying, and then I started crying, and then it was like...IT WAS SO ADORABLE! And Iroh...ahhhhh! I wanted to hug him too! I loved how Zuko was like, "How can you forgive me so easily? Aren't you mad?" and then Iroh was like, "I was never angry with you. Only sad that you had lost your way." And then that pretty much made me well up with tears, it was like... T.T YAY FOR IROH AND ZUKO REUNION. (:

Alright, so now...loose ends.

1) Where IS Zuko's mom?

2) Do Toph and her parents ever receive closure?

3) Did Iroh ever take that trip to the spirit world? 'Cause he can see spirits, and you can only see them if you've been to the spirit world, right? So why would he have gone to the spirit world...?

4) Bending: genetical or spiritual? This is a question that's been going on for a looooong time. And it's kind of important, considering Aang is the last one left...

5) What happened to bringing the airbenders back anyway? I thought I read in an interview somewhere that the show was gonna have to be changed from "The Last Airbender" to "One of The Last Airbenders." Of course, that was just a bit of humor, but it still holds some truth.

6) Uhhh...what happened to Azula?

And yeah...I think that's mostly it. I mean, I'm not saying they're loose ends that NEED to be tied up. It'd just be nice to have some answers. But then again, I guess it's sorta like saying that not every single problem can be resolved with just the defeat of Ozai. Which is just like in real life. I mean, real life has PLENTY of loose ends, haha.

So yeah. All in all, I am EXTREMELY proud of Avatar. It has come far, since that fateful airing on February 21, 2005, when it first came out on Nickelodeon. I still regret that I wasn't obsessed with the show until halfway through the first season. But better late than never, I guess. =] Avatar will always live on. I mean, it's like it's a part of who I am. It holds a special place in my heart, just like I'm sure it does for all you other hardcore fans out there. We've laughed, cried, obsessed, screamed, spazzed, squealed, cringed, hated, and loved. And I know I'll never regret any one of those moments. HUGS AND A HUGE THANKS TO MICHAEL DANTE DIMARTINO AND BRYAN KONIETZKO, AS WELL AS THE REST OF THE AVATAR STAFF! The whole world is in your debt. :]

Here's to Avatar, BEST FREAKING SHOW THIS UNIVERSE HAS AND WILL EVER CONCEIVE.